Role: Senior Commercial Officer REF 101155
Contract Length: 31/03/2027 - possible extension
Location: Hybrid/London - 3 days per week in office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Senior Commercial Officer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER
- Providing wide-ranging commercial support to the Strategic Commercial Team including supporting the development of commercial strategies, contract management delivery of service delivery partners, and procurement for technology and services.
- Supporting the development of procurement plans, management and tracking the delivery of outputs against an outputs matrix using JIRA as the logging tool
- Analysing data to ensure we have effective tracking of deliverables and ensuring we maintain effective expenditure management against the commercial portfolio.
- Providing a co-ordination role in the development of relevant Statement of Requirements ensuring they are cohesive and fit for purpose to drive optimum value for money from the market
- Building effective and sustained relationships across the Portfolio and with the market and other government departments as appropriate
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER
- Procurement and contract management experience in Public sector
- Knowledge of PCR regulations
- Someone with a flexible approach, capable of managing uncertainty, adapting to changing priorities and providing direction to others to overcome ambiguity
- A great listener and influencer with excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentational), ability to adapt communication style and language to fit the needs of the audience
- Highly motivated individual with a proven track record of supporting delivery of large scale or within high-risk projects and programmes and stakeholder management in a complex environment
- Someone who is happy to lean in and support delivery in a complex changing environment.
- Making effective decisions
- Achieving commercial outcomes
- Delivering value for money
- Delivering at pace
- Collaborating and partnering
- Experience of working across a diverse and complex operating model in supporting the development and implementation of effective commercial strategies
- Experience of supporting the co-ordination of the development of Statement of Requirements
- Experience of supporting the development and delivery of complex Invitations to Tender working closely with the Senior Commercial leads
- Experience of providing robust contract management support to the commercial lead
- Experience of building positive relationships across diverse stakeholder groups; able to understand and manage multiple perspectives, build consensus and influence stakeholders.
If you are a Senior Commercial Officer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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